Golf club



June 4, 1935. T m 2,003,951

GOLF CLUB Filed April 24, 1934 INVENTOR 7790/11/75 PfP/A/ ATTORNEYSPatented June 4, 1935 UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE GOLF CLUB ThomasPepin, New York, N. Y.

Application April 24, 1934, Serial No. 722,089

1 Claim. 273-77) My invention relates to certain new and useful therebyand be assured that the lower sole line, improvements in golf clubs, andparticularly to then invisible, is correctly positioned. Inasmuch clubshaving enlarged heads such as provided on as in many cases the playerdepends upon the apdrivers, brassies, spoons, putters, and the like. Itpearance of the face of the club to guide him in 5 consists in providingmeans whereby a player is positioning the head, and inasmuch as in many5 assisted in properly addressing a ball and indiinstances, particularlyin the case of drivers and eating to the player the proper weightdistribubrassies, the club face is bulged, set back, and tion of hisbody for free pivoting, and it also has frequently given what istechnically known as a the added advantage of greatly assisting a clubhook, it follows that the player cannot rely maker in facing a clubinitially or thereafter if invariably upon the appearance of the clubface 10 he is required to modify the face to fit the peculias a guide.By the use of my guide line posiarities of an individual player. Thiswill be tioned as I have explained the player, by conbetter understoodfrom an examination of the accentrating thereon, may be assured that thesole companying drawing and areading of the followline of the club isproperly positioned for the ing specification. stroke about to beattempted. 15

In the drawing- 5 represents a line onthe top of the clubhead Fig. 1 isa plan view of the head and a portion at right angles to and crossingthe line 4. This of the shaft of a golf club; line 5 extends from apoint directly above the Fig. 2 is a front end elevation thereof; centerof the face to the rear of the club. The

l represents a. club head, 2 the lower end of a presence of this line incombination with the line 20 shaft, and 3 the striking face of the clubhead, 4 W be ou d o further as the p y in which in the case of driversand brassies is alp p y Positioning the club head since it forms mostinvariably bulged and laid back to a greater in effect a T-square. orless degree. I represents the bottom or sole The line 4 is also of grassistance to t golf line of the head. This line extends straight backclub maker or p o a in the shaping of the 25 from the face 3 to the rearedge of the head. In face of the club. This lin being set ba from theproper positioning of the club head in the act the striking d of e c ubead fu n shes a of striking the ball, this sole line should travel u deso that he m y s p the str n a t through in a horizontal plane. If thesupportsubstantially r g angles to the line of flight,

ing surface to the rear of the ball were always y, indeed, it to thedesired degree f t e 30 strictly horizontal, the player could easilyface the peculiarities of an individual player Cell fer a club properlyby permitting it to first rest on the face h is hooked mere The maker,by ground in addressing the ball for a stroke, but as referring t0 theline is greatly assisted in the such a condition is seldom to be foundthrough initial facing f the 0111b in a y refaeing a the fairways of acourse my invention contemay thereafter b required- The s back guide 35plates means to assist the player in properly posiline positioned staally as hereinbefore tioning the club head whether or not th surfacedescribed, therefore performs the double function to the rear of theball is level. To that end I of greatly assisting the P y in ecutingshots provide a, line 4 on the to of the head I which as well asassisting the club maker in the work of 4 coincides with a planecoincident with the shaft a ing the club. 40

axis and also at right angles to a plane coincident W at I claim withthe bottom sole line I. It is not essential A g l 0111b comprising ashaft and a head, that this line 4 shall always be parallel to the facehaving its sole convexly curved to provide a trans- 3 of the club. Theangle of said face may be versely extending sole line, a line formed onsaid varied to suit the peculiarities of the individual h ad, w h i s ina p an which contains 45 and whe thi is th ase, in the absence of a theshaft axis and which is perpendicular to the guide line similar to thatshown herein, it is litransverse sole line of the club head, said secondable to improperly influence the player and cause mentioned line beinglocated to the rear of him to faultily position the club head in the actthe striking face and spaced substantially thereof addressing the ball.With the line 4 present, from.

the player may check the position of his club THOMAS PEPIN.

